Add users to a global group, add the global group to a Universal, add the Universal to a Domain Local Group, add the Domain Local Group to the resource, then provide permissions for the Domain Local Group to access the resource.
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Changing group scope
When you create a new group, by default the new group is configured as a security group with global scope, regardless of the current domain functional level. Although changing a group scope is not allowed in domains with a domain functional level of Windows 2000 mixed, the following conversions are allowed in domains with the domain functional level of Windows 2000 native or Windows Server 2003:
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Old operating system but good arcticle
You can do the same on 2008 if you dont have the RODC